You are on your way to becoming a blogger! We’re going to use Edublogs as your blogging platform. This is a public blog and you will be sharing your blog address with your teacher, the school principal, your parents, your fellow students and other people in the educational community. All of these people might comment on your blog. You will receive credit for blog comments you make on other blogs plus when someone from outside of school makes comments on yours you’ll receive more credit! So spread the word among your family and friends.
Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and present the relationships between information and ideas efficiently as well as to interact and collaborate with others.
You will need to edit your name, nickname and publicly displayed name. You will also need to reset your password to your school password. Changing your Profile Settings
Write an introductory post. Your first post should tell your blog readers a little about yourself. You don't want to share your address and phone number, but you can certainly tell your readers about your hobbies, your life at school, and what you will be blogging about. Your post should include:
Your hobbies and interests
What you are currently reading
Your hero or favorite quote
Any questions that you would the reader of your post to answer.
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Blogging Basics
You are on your way to becoming a blogger! We’re going to use Edublogs as your blogging platform. This is a public blog and you will be sharing your blog address with your teacher, the school principal, your parents, your fellow students and other people in the educational community. All of these people might comment on your blog. You will receive credit for blog comments you make on other blogs plus when someone from outside of school makes comments on yours you’ll receive more credit! So spread the word among your family and friends.Learning Targets
from English Language Arts Grade 8 Evidence Outcomes- Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and present the relationships between information and ideas efficiently as well as to interact and collaborate with others.
from NETSAssignments
1. Add your teachers to your blog
Mrs. Johnson is already an administrator on your blog, but you need to add your literacy teachers to your blog:debra.weller@d51schools.org aubrey.shawcroft@d51schools.org
2. Change your blog profile
You will need to edit your name, nickname and publicly displayed name. You will also need to reset your password to your school password.Changing your Profile Settings
3. Set the appearance of your blog
Here are some pointers from edublogs:Getting started with Edublogs
Tutorial What to consider when choosing a theme
Changing your Blog's Look
4. Write an Introductory Post
Write an introductory post. Your first post should tell your blog readers a little about yourself. You don't want to share your address and phone number, but you can certainly tell your readers about your hobbies, your life at school, and what you will be blogging about. Your post should include: